Sentence examples for unwarranted authority from inspiring English sources
'unwarranted authority' is correct and usable in written English
You can use it to describe someone who wields power without justification or merit. For example, "The manager had an air of unwarranted authority, as if he felt entitled to dictate the decisions of his subordinates."
It's a salacious political charge to suggest that the Democratic left is inclined to dubious and unwitting alliances with evildoers in order to oppose unwarranted authority at home.
Even so, the people of their nations and of all nations would gain immensely from an international ban on nuclear weapons―a measure that, once in place, would begin the process of stripping national officials of their unwarranted authority and ability to launch a catastrophic nuclear war.
What's more, the very fact of the mental institution, embodied by the doctors' decisions (shown as misguided, even cruel) about patients' release, is presented as an unwarranted collective authority.
On the basis of this lazy philosophy, the idea that one view is right and another wrong can be made to sound like some unwarranted imposition of authority.
Scientists are discouraged from pursuing nonsexy projects such as double-checking published results, so the all-important process of investigating the reproducibility of previous findings falls by the wayside; the first published results take on an unwarranted aura of authority. .
It's a kind of blustering myopia, expressed with an unwarranted air of cerebral authority that appeals to (mostly) men who feel ostracised for just being too damned smart for the world.
These new capital controls would prohibit or restrict check-cashing and bar "premature" account closings or any other transaction the authorities deemed unwarranted.
The bill would limit cash withdrawals, prohibit or restrict check cashing and bar "premature" account closings and any other transaction that authorities deemed unwarranted.
In areas of privacy - so the theory goes - the private citizen has certain rights that will protect them against unwarranted intrusion by public authorities.
Individualism gives authority figures an unwarranted sense of arrogance.
Critics call it an unwarranted expansion of executive branch authority.
